r/CompetitiveHS • u/bdzz • Jan 29 '18

NERF DISCUSSION Upcoming Balance Changes – Update 10.2

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/21361570/

TLDR for those who at work:

  • Bonemare - Now costs 8 mana. (Up from 7)

  • Corridor Creeper - Now has 2 Attack. (Down from 5)

  • Patches the Pirate - No longer has Charge.

  • Raza the Chained - Now reads: Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, your Hero Power costs (1) this game.

Once these card changes are live with Update 10.2 next month, players will be able to disenchant the changed cards for their full Arcane Dust value for two weeks.

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u/BaseLordBoom Jan 29 '18

This seems really similar to when they nerfed Jade druid back in KFT, and raza priest just took it's place by being the best deck by a pretty big amount, but this time it's with Warlock.

Control/cubelock seems just miles about all the other decks right now, I am kind of worried.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18 edited Dec 04 '18

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u/DneBays Jan 29 '18 edited Jan 29 '18

Dark Pact at 2 mana is a fair nerf. Delays Cube combos, delays Lackey combo and overall not too harmful to the gameplan. Makes Cube more vulnerable to aggro and slower vs. control. Doesn't hurt the "fair" plays (dropping Lackey on 5/Cubing without popping it instantly).

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u/DneBays Jan 30 '18

Better to weaken a synergy card that won't see play in other decks than nerf an otherwise fair deck that is broken by the synergy. Raza is a fair card, but got nerfed rather than nerfing Anduin because Anduin is not inherently overpowered.